Summer 2007

Summer 2007 (Web)

COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis course will involve an introduction to basic legal research methods and development of writing skills needed to prepare for law-related coursework and complete legal documents, such as briefs and memoranda. Basic proficiency in legal research and writing enhances the skills needed for moot court, mock trial, and legal coursework.

INTENDED AUDIENCEHonors Program Track of the Drake Curriculum, all levels.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORJohn Edwards is Associate Dean for Information Resources and Technology and Professor of Law at the Drake University Law School.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONEducational Equity and Social Justice is a five-week, cross-listed course that is designed to explore the challenges and opportunities of teaching with educational equity for social justice. Education does not happen in a vacuum. Any teaching (formal or informal) is influenced by cultural, political, professional, and personal contexts. In educational settings that are increasing diverse, addressing issues of social justice requires both analysis and action: careful analysis as to how we ought to live and learn, and then action as agents of social change to teach what ought to be in a manner that ought to exist in all areas of education. In examining the interaction of persons, their contexts, and education, it is not useful to focus on who has been oppressed the longest or the most. Rather, this course seeks awareness in order to identify change strategies that move from what is and has been to what ought to be.

INTENDED AUDIENCEIt is recommended that you contact the instructor before enrolling in an online course. Cross-listed with EDUC 198 and WS 195.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOREunice Merideth is a Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Education